While the diplomatic conflict between Italy and Germany after the request sent by Berlin about the help that Rome should give to the ships of the NGOs involved in the rescue shipwrecked in which Mediterranean Sea-the organizations denounce crisis situations on board their boats and decide to bypass the new government Giorgia Meloni. there Ocean Viking out Sos Mediterraneanwith 234 migrants rescued offshore Libyaindeed asked for support from Greece, Spain and France: “Despite repeated requests to the rescue control centers of Malta and Italy – they say – a safe harbor has not yet been indicated to “the ship, which remains uncertain”. “This blockade at sea – emphasizes the coordinator of the NGO Nikola Stalla – is not alone morally shameful but it disregards important legal provisions of international law of the sea and international humanitarian law”.
But now there is no more time to lose, say the operators, because of the extreme conditions to which the shipwrecked on board have been exposed for days. “You must disembark urgentlywhich is why we have asked the maritime authorities of Greece, Spain and France, who are “the most in a position to provide assistance” (as international norms state), to designate a “safe haven for the disembarkation of men, women and children”. And then they attack the behavior of the Italian and Maltese authorities, who continue to not respond to requests for help: “You have turned your back on these women, children and men – they insist – The situation on board the Ocean Viking is coming to a head, the weather forecast announces strong wind, high waves It is a lowering of temperatures until the end of the week and supplies are running low. The shipwrecked must disembark immediately. We are confronted with an absolute emergency and each additional day of waiting could have potentially deadly consequences.
If you add up the number of people on board the Ocean Viking (234), di humanity 1 (179) and from GeoBarents (572), are ben 985 migrants are waiting for a safe haven in which you must disembark to receive the necessary care and assistance. “The three ships – adds Sos Mediterranee – have repeatedly made safe harbor requests to the sea rescue coordination centers best placed to provide assistance, namely Malta and Italy. Without answers. We are facing one deafening silence. In addition to this silence, which has been a sad practice for years, on October 25 the new Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi issued a directive warning police forces and port authorities that the Interior Ministry was “evaluating” the ban on our ship entering Italian territorial waters. An implicit ban because it was not communicated in any way to our boat. Therefore, the NGO “calls on the European Member States and Associated States to honor their commitments and reintroduce a predictable disembarkation system. There is a need to ease the pressure on Europe’s coastal states, which cannot be left alone with a problem that affects the entire continent. However, this system must ensure the ability to disembark survivors in the safe haven closest to the area where search and rescue operations are conducted. The shipwrecked rescued at sea cannot be the subject of political debates”.
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